Rafer Weigel Movies and Career Information

Rafer Weigel (born May 5, 1969) is the sports anchor for CNN HLN’s Morning Express with Robin Meade and a former actor. Weigel grew up in a journalism household in Evanston, Illinois—the son of the sports anchor and newspaper columnist Tim Weigel and former WGN-Radio news anchor Kathy Worthington. He is the grandson of Weigel Broadcasting founder and former Lawrence Welk radio announcer, John Jacob Weigel. Weigel has two sisters, Jenniffer Weigel, a former Chicago television news anchor and published author, and Teddi, who began high school in 2008. Weigel has been married to photographer Tiffany Weigel since June 2002. They had their first child, son Heathcliff John Weigel, on November 20, 2009. Weigel is named after Olympian Rafer Johnson. Growing up, Weigel regularly spent time among journalists and media personalities, including columnist Mike Royko, Studs Terkel, Steve Dahl, Gene Siskel and Richard Roeper. His father Tim began his career as a newspaper beat writer and eventually became a popular Chicago sports anchor. He died of cancer at the age of 55 in 2001. Weigel decided to follow in his father's footsteps after his death. Weigel graduated from Evanston Township High